Sextus Propertius - The Augustan Elegist

Informationen zum Autor Francis Cairns is Professor of Classical Languages at the Florida State University. He is the author of Generic Composition in Greek and Roman Poetry (1972), Tibullus: A Hellenistic Poet at Rome (1979) and Virgil's Augustan Epic (1989), as well as numerous articles on Greek and Latin poetry. Klappentext Study of Propertius' four books of elegies investigating their sources and motives. Zusammenfassung In 30–15 BC Sextus Propertius composed at Rome four books of elegies which exhibit an unparalleled richness of themes, concepts and language. This book relates Propertius' elegies to his family and background in Assisi and to the patrons of his poetry - Tullus, 'Gallus', Maecenas and Augustus. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Abbreviations; 1. The Propertii; 2. The Volcacii Tulli and others; 3. 'Gallus'; 4. Gallan elegies, themes and motifs; 5. Gallan metrics I; 6. Gallan metrics II; 7. Propertius 1.20, Gallus, and Parthenius of Nicaea; 8. Maecenas; 9. The circle of Maecenas in Propertius 2.34; 10. Augustus; 11. A lighter shade of praise? Propertius 3.17 and 3.14; 12. Three Propemptika for 'Caesar'; Works cited; Indexes.

Product details

• Authors: Francis Cairns, Francis (Florida State University) Cairns, Cairns Francis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.2009
• EAN: 9780521117708
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11770-8
• No. of pages: 512
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics